Coye' Fairman

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Position:
WR
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 203
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Humble, Texas
High School:
Atascocita HS
Prev School:
Atascocita HS

Honors

• 2019 AAC All-Academic Team
• Tiger 3.0 Club (2020, 2018)

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Saw action in the team’s win over Arkansas State

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Appeared in five games in his second year on the field
• Finished with one catch for 11 yards in the win over Southern in the Tigers' second game of the year
• Also saw action in wins at South Alabama, against Tulane and in conference road wins at Houston and USF
• Member of the 2019 team that finished 12-2 overall, won the American Athletic Conference Championship and made an appearance in the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Did not see any game action
• Member of the 2018 squad that went 8-6, won the American Athletic Conference West Division title, played in The American Championship Game and earned a Birmingham Bowl berth
• The 2018 Tigers overcame a three-game deficit heading into the month of November to win the league’s West Division crown

2017 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Joined the Memphis roster in January 2017 • Member of 2017 squad that went 10-3, won The American West Division title (7-1 league record) and played in The American Championship Game
• Squad earned the program’s first Liberty Bowl bid and played in the hometown’s postseason classic

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Two-year varsity performer at Atascocita High School
• Career stats included: 87 catches for 1,479 yards
• As a senior, hauled in 80 receptions for 1,375 yards and 18 TDs
• Also had one fumble return for TD and one kick return for TD
• Earned 2015 University Interscholastic League (UIL) All-District 16-6A first team honors
• Member of the Eagles 2015 squad that advanced to the UIL Class 6A Division I state playoffs quarterfinals
• As a junior, received 2014 UIL All-District 16-6A honorable mention
• Also ran track and field at Atascocita High School
• Also had a fumble return for TD and kick return for TD
• Son of Antionette Shelby and David Fairman
• Has two sisters, Jasimere and Tominika, and one brother, Keelan Shelby
• Cousin, Patrick Taylor Jr., is a former running back at Memphis (2016-19)
• His uncle, Patrick Taylor Sr., played football at Nicholls, and his cousin, Nadia, is currently a softball player for the Chicago Bandits in the National Pro Fastpitch League (she also played college softball at Texas)